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Connie Ragen Green · 1 year ago

John,
Thanks for this list. I also like the app called 'blog networks'. Many people can find and favorite your blog and it's another great way to connect with new readers.
Connie Ragen Green

Steph · 1 year ago

Based on your recommendation I checked the last recommendation - What I Do - and... I love it. What a great way to offer services without blatant salesy sleaze.

Thank you for the tip! Steph

Adrianne Machina · 1 year ago

John,

What about posting your BLOG to Facebook? I use MirrorBlog, but since the new Facebook came out, it doesn't seem to be working properly.

Ideas?
Adrianne Machina, DTM Coach
http://TornadoMktg.com

Joseph T. Dager · 1 year ago

John, You forgot TWITTER, it's not in the top ten! Rest of your apps are great, but can't comment, I am trying to stay under 140 characters

MariSmith · 1 year ago

Excellent list, John. I like and use most all of your Top 10 list. I'd also add these:

Posted Items, Notes, Events, Podclass, Twitter, TwitterSync, FriendFeed, MyBox, MyGoogleCalendar, MyBlogs, YouTube, StumbleUpon

I like Facebook Video for the reasons you state. And for more leveraged video content, I recommend uploading videos to YouTube and using the YouTube app.

Posted Items, Notes and Events are all FB default apps as I'm sure you know, and provide great opportunity for what I call "viral visibility!"

Cheers,
Mari
@marismith

Roger Ellerton · 1 year ago

John,

Great list. I will make use of several of these applications.

One Facebook application that I like is "I Endorse".

This application allows you to endorse people or businesses that have provided you with good value. In return your clients can endorse your products or services that they value.

Best wishes.

Roger Ellerton
http://www.renewal.ca

Michelle · 1 year ago

Though not an application, Facebook Pages are a great outlet for businesses. The business name is the title of the Page, and instead of "friends" or "members," the business has "fans." There is room for information about the business, discussion boards, and more!

Richard Wood · 1 year ago

Am I missing something? I can't get the What I Do app to even load. I get to their page, but if I click "Go to Application" it tells me it can't find it. Hmm....

Anyway, I love the article. All great suggestions. I've been using the business card one for a while and really enjoy it. It's nice to be able to attach it to Wall posts as well (an unusual use, but neat).

Yes, Twitter is fantastic. If for nothing else, to update your Facebook status on a regular basis which keeps you in the "feed activity" list of your friends/contacts.

Mike Saunders · 1 year ago

John,
Awesome post!
Social Media is the wave of New Marketing and you gave a nice list for us, thank you!
Seth Godin's book Meatball Sundae talks a lot about this very topic and I am doing a series of book review podcasts on my blog on the book.
http://www.MarketingHuddle.com

Thanks for all you do!

Mike Saunders

LindaBusiness · 1 year ago

One of the things I really enjoy about your blog, John, besides the obvious value of the material you present, are the ideas, tips and thoughts of other comment-ers. One thing I'd like to figure out as regards Facebook, is how to utilize a group - I started one, but now don't know what to do with it.

Dale Schaeffer · 1 year ago

Great post!
1. I love to use the Twitter app to update my status and network.
2. Blognetworks is a great app and I always post my blogs to my profile and find that it drive more traffic to my blog.
3. Love the Calliflower app.

Thanks

Bob London · 1 year ago

Great post. Also check out the ability to automatically turn your blog posts (or any RSS feed) into Facebook notes which show up on friends' newsfeeds.

coachlisab · 1 year ago

Adrianne, I use Notes to post blog updates to FB automatically. Go into your Notes settings and you'll see instructions for importing a blog.

Also, I checked out the Slideshare app for FB after reading this post, but couldn't get it to work. Slideshare tech support told me that the app is out of date and just to use Slideshare itself instead. Which defeats the purpose of trying to post slideshows on FB!

Ashwan · 1 year ago

Hi Lisa, I'm Ashwan from SlideShare and I was the one that replied to your email. The problem with the SlideShare app for Facebook is that it is severely broken because of changes on SlideShare as well as Facebook.

We do know how important it can be to have the ability to share your slideshows on Facebook especially since there doesn't seem to be an easy way to make our embeds work there.

We are working on fixing/redeveloping the app though!

Max Entin · 1 year ago

I think the Marketplace application is also very useful if you want to advertise some of your services or products.

Angie A. Swartz · 1 year ago

John, Can I talk you into updating this list in six months? Also, Fast Company magazine has a great article about My Space vs. Facebook covering what My Space plans to do to overtake Facebook in the near term. Care to comment?

Angie A. Swartz, Founder, Six Figure Moms Club
www.SixFigureMomsClub.com

web Content · 1 year ago

I think the funniest thing is the number of people who use facebook under the guise of a business tool, because of it's recognised anf oft-commented on value as such, but all their really wanting to do is socialise.. :-P
Nevertheless, a very useful list.. Thanks John

Max Entin · 1 year ago

Another great opportunity Facebook and the like give your business is the ability to spread your message through viral Facebook applications. I blogged about using viral marketing here. Specifically I gave examples of viral applications. Many businesses can replicate the same strategy.

Brett Tilford · 1 year ago

Awesome post. I had never heard of many of these applications, specifically the conference call and the linkedin badge are very cool.

IG webs · 1 year ago

How do you then add any of these applications to your Facebook pages? For example, I tried adding "what I do" but I got a response to my action saying this app can not be added to my pages?!!!

Guy R Cook · 1 year ago

My LinkedIn Profile – Makes it easy to promote your LinkedIn account with a badge on your Facebook profile. Cross promoting social network activity is a great way to extend your reach. I wasn't able to add this too to my Facebook for some reason to do with types of pages I have...

Scott Mahler · 1 year ago

Hey thanks for the applicatin information. I knew there had to be a better way to promote my website design business than just adding a company page and posting links. Technology is great, but you have to know how to find and use it. Thanks again.

www.datexmedia.wordpress.com

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CMChadwick (Chris Chadwick) · 9 months ago

RT @mbernier: @CMChadwick this is the FB article I was talking about: http://is.gd/1ZsK

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Toby Dayton · 4 months ago

John - this is a great article and very helpful for businesses. Facebook can be an incredibly powerful tool that too many businesses 'write off' before fully understanding due to their preconceived ideas about social networking.

In any event, if you update your list some day, I'd like to recommend adding a new Facebook app recently launched by LinkUp. The Facebook app, called 'Current jobs at our company,' the app allows companies to publish jobs from their company website to their company's Facebook page. When a job seeker clicks on a job listing on Facebook, they are directed to that specific job on the company's career portal on their corporate website. It is a completely unique app and lets companies more effectively leverage the power of social media and social networking in their recruiting efforts.

The app can be found here: http://apps.facebook.com/jobs-on-your-page/

Thanks John.

Toby Dayton
President & CEO
LinkUp & JobDig